The Bible was passed down through generations in the language of the Israelites or Hebrews and eventually written down in Hebrew. The books of this first Bible were transferred (the language of Jesus) 400 years before Christ in Aramaic and translated into Greek later. 500 to 600 years later, about the second century AD, was carried out the translation of the biblical texts in Latin. Each translation of the Bible is both a reinterpretation that offered ample material for a discussion and offers. Indeed, a translation is not only the literary texts of the Bible transported, but also the theological content.

The Luther Bible has been revised several times since the first edition of 1534 and aligned linguistically. Nevertheless, it is still the official edition of the Bible of the Protestant Church. Luther's literary estate is also enormous. He was not only a reformer, he is one of the most important German writers of all time. His literary work is huge, its importance for the German studies with the Goethe or Thomas Mann comparable.